Small Wars Journal

Michele Flournoy Calling it Quits

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 4:41pm

Pentagon's First Female Policy Chief Quitting by Robert Burns, Associated Press.

Michele Flournoy, the most senior female Pentagon official in history, told The Associated Press on Monday she is stepping down as the chief policy adviser to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

In an interview in her Pentagon office, Flournoy said she feels compelled to "rebalance" her personal life after three years in one of the most demanding national security jobs in Washington…